While Resilient Florida is necessary, it's not sufficient,” said Yoca Arditi-Rocha, CEO of The CLEO Institute, a nonpartisan, climate-focused nonprofit. Inland flood risks are rising, too, said Kerry Cook, a professor researching climate change at the University of Texas at Austin.“ That makes inland communities’ flood resilience projects even more crucial, Dinkins said. Our methodology: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection provided a SalesForce database of 1,883 applications to the Resilient Florida program, spanning application years 2022-2025. Submissions from multi-county coalitions and water management districts were omitted, as they represented a mix of coastal and inland communities.